Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1881 — The Horse That “Died of Grief.” [ARTICLE]

The Horse That “Died of Grief.”

, One of the San Francisco papers having published an account of the" death of a horse from gi-ief at losing his master, the Chronicle, sent a reporter to verify the statement. The fjrooui was interviewed, with the folowing result: “Yes, sir, that thar were the curiostest case I ever hern tell on. No more ■thar ain’.t no sich case writ about in books, nather,” and the stableman brief T. D. pipe from his teeth, and rested its cheering bowl on the reporter’s arm to fix hlk attention more dosely. “Yea-see that hoss wore ?s sop nd a hanimai in wind and fair, in the old Country. Gentle as a kitten, and a pet* far the children.” The stableman paused, to rekindle the fire Ju . his pipe, which the rain, dripping from the reporter’s ulster, had quenched. .< “When did 1 it die?i’asked the reporter, sadly. - , - . “Dung fever.” “ When did Ms master dio?' ’ . ' to-day•’ , . /)/..’ what is there curious about that?’’ akked the reporter in amazement. ■’ ' *>■ ■ * “furiousl -why itWurious enough, Ishu4.Aay r When titer, y|n£ another hoss sick In this stable, and we’ve got UhUhdred of them here!”